Death Penalty
ANALYSIS OF RELEVANCE OF DEATH PENALTY
AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
BACKGROUND
Death Penalty is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in the death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offenses. Also known as capital punishment, it has been used in societies throughout history as a way to punish crime and suppress political dissent. In many countries that still retain the use of death penalty, drug trafficking, sexual crimes such as rape, adultery, sodomy and religious crimes such as apostasy are also capital offenses. In some places, death penalty is reserved as punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice.
DEATH PENALTY AROUND THE WORLD
In the past, capital punishment has been practiced in almost every society. Currently, only 58 nations actively practice it, with 97 countries having abolished it. Countries that Retain the Death Penalty 58 as of 2011, as per Amnesty International, represent about one-third of all countries worldwide and include:
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Botswana, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
The United States is the only westernized democracy, and one of the few democracies worldwide, to not have abolished the death penalty.
As of 2011 per Amnesty International, 141 countries (representing two-thirds of all countries worldwide) have
AS A PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
BACKGROUND
Death Penalty is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. Crimes that can result in the death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offenses. Also known as capital punishment, it has been used in societies throughout history as a way to punish crime and suppress political dissent. In many countries that still retain the use of death penalty, drug trafficking, sexual crimes such as rape, adultery, sodomy and religious crimes such as apostasy are also capital offenses. In some places, death penalty is reserved as punishment for premeditated murder, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice.
DEATH PENALTY AROUND THE WORLD
In the past, capital punishment has been practiced in almost every society. Currently, only 58 nations actively practice it, with 97 countries having abolished it. Countries that Retain the Death Penalty 58 as of 2011, as per Amnesty International, represent about one-third of all countries worldwide and include:
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Botswana, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
The United States is the only westernized democracy, and one of the few democracies worldwide, to not have abolished the death penalty.
As of 2011 per Amnesty International, 141 countries (representing two-thirds of all countries worldwide) have
Bibliography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment http://www.worldcoalition.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_moratorium_on_the_death_penalty Debatepedia, DPIC, The telegraph, Google.